An shellback initiation ceremony aboard a United Stated Coast Guard liner in the Atlantic Ocean. Coast guard personnel on the deck of the ship. The sailors in trunks. The beginning of the initiation rites by experienced sailors. The sailors who are crossing the equator line the first time, go through the ceremony. One sailor is seated in a chair on a platform on the deck. Several sailors around the platform. Water is splashed on the sailors with a hose. A sailor dressed as a woman. The sailor is toppled into a pool of water by two other sailors. Few sailors dressed in different costumes sit on the deck. A high ranking seamen, dressed as King Neptune accompanied by his wife Queen Amphitrite, and the Court officiates the initiation ceremony. The coast guards lined up. The sailors portraying King Neptune and Queen Amphitrite walk past them and go on to the platform. The pollywogs, sailors who are crossing the equator first time, are locked in pillories.
View of the Old Executive Office Building in Washington DC. Library of Congress building. Trolley tracks in the street. Court of Neptune sculptures and fountains at the Library of Congress (101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA).
Vertical panning views of the Washington Monument, completely enveloped by scaffolding, during cleaning and replacement of lightning rods, in 1934.
View from aloft, aboard Coast Guard Cutter breaking through ice in Alaskan waters. View at bow, as icebreaker moves ahead and then backs up again. View of park benches and a baseball field on shore. An industrial complex on hill in distance is topped by large oil tank with "Sinclair" painted across it. Crew members lean over railing at bow to watch the ice being broken. View from aloft of the stern, as the Cutter moves into open waters. American flag seen briefly, aloft. A tug boat is seen making its way through ice in harbor. Heavy wake from the cutter is seen. The tug boat moves into channel created by the Cutter, very close to shore.
An aircraft crash in East of Le Mans, France. Men in uniform with guns rush to the area of the aircraft crash. A plane area with trees around. The parts of the aircraft in fire. Smoke rises from the fire at several places. Water sprayed to extinguish the fire. Several men look on. The half clad body of a man on the ground with blood. A soldier attends to the man. The soldier lays his ear to the chest of the man. Several soldiers and men stand around and watch. (World War II period).
The different implements and torture devices in the liberated Ohrdruf Concentration Camp operated by Nazi Germany in World War II. The gas chambers in the concentration camp in Germany. The shower in the bathroom through which the poisonous gas, Zyklon, was inducted when the prisoners took a shower. The blast furnaces used for cremation of dead bodies of prisoners. The garments of the prisoners being inspected by the officials. Women's clothes, infant shoes, toys and dolls in a room. The storage room in the mills with sacks of prisoner's hair packed. Prisoner's jewelry, watches and wedding rings in the room. The instruments used to pull out the teeth of the prisoners. An official holds a set of teeth.
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